Every variable, structure attribute, and constant has a lifetime in Rust. Most of them can be elided, since we usually know that a constant has a static lifetime (it will always be there for us), or that most of the variables have the lifetime of its scope. Nevertheless, there is sometimes a place where we need to specify that lifetime. Let's check the following structures:
struct Parent<'p> { age: u8, child: Option<&'p Child>,}struct Child { age: u8,}
As you can see, the parent has a reference to the child, but we added two letters preceded by a single quote. These are lifetime specifications, and what means is that the reference to the child has to live at least while the parent exists. Let's see this behavior with a simple
